The episode could invite new scrutiny of the Democrat’s inner circle as she considers another White House bid, and drew a quick denial from the public affairs firm of the operative, Minyon Moore, and others close to Clinton.

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Moore, a senior adviser to Clinton’s 2008 campaign who continues to informally advise the former secretary of state, asked Jeffrey Thompson to finance field programs to help Clinton in the 2008 primary, prosecutors said in a filing ahead of Thompson’s guilty plea.

Those field programs in Texas, Pennsylvania, Indiana, North Carolina and Puerto Rico, as well as similar so-called shadow campaiging that Thompson financed in local District of Columbia races, were described in the filing, a statement of offense in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Thompson put about $608,000 behind the pro-Clinton programs, prosecutors said.

“This is what they will need in NC - Please advise,” Moore allegedly emailed Thompson and another figure in the case, marketer Troy White, in one instance in April 2008, ahead of the North Carolina primary.

POLITICO sources have previously confirmed Moore is the person identified in this filing as “Individual A.” Earlier filings in a tax case against White have described Moore introducing Thompson to White around Feb. 2008.

The Dewey Square Group public affairs firm where Moore works said in a statement Tuesday that Moore “fully cooperated with the government’s investigation and the facts make clear that she was entirely unaware of any inappropriate activities and at all times conducted herself, as she always has, not only in full compliance with the law but in accordance with the highest ethical and professional standards.”

“Nothing that happened yesterday changes these facts,” the statement said.

The firm also fired back at The Washington Post, which first reported the new details, for the newspaper’s perceived implication that Moore was asking for funding she knew was illegal.

”The article posted online today by The Washington Post regarding Minyon Moore is inaccurate,” the firm said. “Nowhere in the Statement of Offense from March 10, 2014 does it say Ms. Moore sought funds for an ‘illegal’ campaign.

“The Statement of Offense says Ms. Moore asked Jeffrey Thompson to fund street teams. In fact she asked Thompson to contribute and raise money directly for the campaign so the campaign could afford to execute a field program in constituent communities. Her actions were legal.”

Burns Strider of the pro-Clinton group Correct the Record also lambasted the report on Tuesday.

“I think it’s horse sh—,” he told National Journal. “I think The Washington Post is acting like some kind of an Internet blog or something instead of doing real reporting.”

“Minyon Moore has more character in her high heels than this town has collectively,” Strider added in an email to POLITICO. “Minyon’s life is embodied in doing what is right while being one of the damn best strategist[s] in the business. She marries what is right with what works, no exceptions.”

“The story is based on publicly available documents and we gave Moore ample time to reply,” said Washington Post spokeswoman Kris Coratti in an email to POLITICO.

A five-year statute of limitations limits any exposure to a campaign-finance case that Moore otherwise could have faced, according to sources close to the case.

Moore is a longtime Democratic operative who served in former President Bill Clinton’s White House and held posts within the Democratic National Committee. POLITICO previously reported that she helped organize the only formal presentation Clinton received in 2013 about running for president.

A spokesperson for Hillary Clinton did not respond to a request for comment. Clinton herself has not been accused of knowing about the Thompson scheme.

Thompson’s case has shaken up the D.C. Democratic mayoral primary slated for April 1: Mayor Vincent Gray, running for reelection, denied prosecutors’ allegations Monday that he was aware of Thompson’s illegal fundraising for his 2010 campaign.